PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING & SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING

Thursday, April 22, 2021 @ 6:00pm

The Carlton Planning Commission and City Council will meet to discuss a change to the City Zoning Map for Parcels 15-120-0400,0420,0440 from M-1 Manufacturing to R-2 Residential and Parcel 15-120-0260 from C-1 Town Center Commercial to R-2 Residential.

The Carlton Plannin Commission and City Council will meet to consider a Variance Request from Bruce Bloom to allow a two family residence in two structures instead of one structure.

The public is encouraged to attend to provide statements on the above items. Wrtten statements will be accepted until 4:00pm on Thursday, April 22, 2021.  

Job Openings 

Temporary Part-time Library Assisstant

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May 2 – 8, 2021 AWWA Drinking Water Week

                             https://www.awwa.org/Events-Education/Drinking-Water-Week

May 3 – 7, 2021 MNRWA Water Week

                             https://www.mrwa.com/waterweek.html

Many communities are fortunate to have reliable access to safe water when they turn on the tap. In large part this stems from the regular testing water utilities are required to undertake to ensure the regulatory standards for water quality are met. In fact, every water system must publish a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) detailing its water quality.

Whether it is engineers designing pipe infrastructure, pipe crews fixing a main break or lab workers ensuring the safety and quality of your tap water, water professionals are working hard around the clock to make that happens.  It takes a maze of infrastructure, including treatment plants, pipes, pumps, storage basins and treatment supplies, to ensure your water is there when you need it.

Water systems play a critical part in consumers’ health, hygiene and hydration. More than a million miles of buried pipes ensure that reliable water is transported from collection, through the treatment process to homes or businesses for cleaning, hydration and cooking, which are critical to health and safety.

Whether it’s to cool off after a workout or clean fruits and veggies for a snack, your drinking water is there when you need it. It takes a lot to deliver just about any high-quality product, and our drinking water is no exception. No matter the weather, there are hardworking water professionals braving the elements to maintain the infrastructure needed to ensure high-quality drinking water is available. During  Water Week recognize and celebrate the tireless work these professionals do to ensure we all can enjoy nature's most precious resource.

South Terrace fourth graders created these wonderful posters to help educate about ground water and drinking water. See how everyone can protect our drinking water.

Inflow and Infiltration Compliance Ordinance

CARLTON 2020 DRINKING WATER REPORT

Your drinking water comes from a groundwater source: two wells ranging from 48 to 50 feet deep, that draw water from the Quaternary Buried Artesian aquifer.

Carlton works hard to provide you with safe and reliable drinking water that meets federal and state water quality requirements. The purpose of this report is to provide you with information on your drinking water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets safe drinking water standards. These standards limit the amounts of specific contaminants allowed in drinking water. This ensures that tap water is safe to drink for most people. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates the amount of certain contaminants in bottled water. Bottled water must provide the same public health protection as public tap water.

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

Carlton Monitoring Results

This report contains our monitoring results from January 1 to December 31, 2020.

We work with the Minnesota Department of Health to test drinking water for more than 100 contaminants. It is not unusual to detect contaminants in small amounts. No water supply is ever completely free of contaminants. Drinking water standards protect Minnesotans from substances that may be harmful to their health.

Some of the substances tested for include lead, copper, barium, xylenes, trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, chlorine, fluoride, sodium and sulfate. Carlton’s levels for both regulated and unregulated substances were all below the EPA’s goals for each item.

See full report below.